www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Ianhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ian/?utm_medium=RSS2013-04-21T21:17:24-04:00Political activist Howard Phillips dies2013-04-21T21:17:24-04:00Ralph Z. Hallowhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/21/political-activist-phillips-dies/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Howard Phillips was a magnificent anomaly in the worlds of politics and personal life.</p> <p>During his 72 years, he went from being a Harvard-educated, unsuccessful Jewish Democratic candidate for public office to an evangelical Protestant Republican who founded the Conservative Caucus and led a decades-long crusade to end the government ...